Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 09:17

General

  • Target
    2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 20.0MB
  • Sample260720-k88wlsfv4v
  • SHA256 d6638f73dc0fc3504bee648ad6f2454b143343b8aa683a83f7f842a37a679587
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 19 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5860
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1980
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:6136
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3256
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4996

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 753KB
        • SHA256 bb69558dcc62054b3df5f8e4ac769e05f3ecfa68990df56338314617e8807cd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
        • Size 19.3MB
        • SHA256 1c74ca53e1578bcbf0147747bd97636b3ce25f28d20e73a06da2eb8c38f7405e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLFSIO.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\XLFSIO.dll
        • Size 201KB
        • SHA256 860956478ad4706bf084fd0f66f1571c63a171fa4c41d6efbbd2e50b3ce0f80b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLGraphic.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\XLGraphic.dll
        • Size 715KB
        • SHA256 ba4c20ed30302c1dd0379ba8345b4759230821b1e2574dffc3b260165aa17a9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLLuaRuntime.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\XLLuaRuntime.dll
        • Size 244KB
        • SHA256 21779321afbcb88cfc734d079c14cc556e9bb85d3d4e33bae279dd76d39d8c21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLSetupProxy.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\XLSetupProxy.dll
        • Size 183KB
        • SHA256 1e85946d675d637d5154df2c0f1f57e5737097ef78946cf9c753d8dc4e6ced77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLSetupReal.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\XLSetupReal.dll
        • Size 212KB
        • SHA256 a05da858a698ab472f92a7ca950b67a64f11c5a05e37bd7895a97b761535f828
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLUE.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\XLUE.dll
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 fea8ac34dd67f4afa95ab064fba65eee1f684e799f4398cb949572711d14078b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libexpat.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\libexpat.dll
        • Size 668KB
        • SHA256 f325cc0f3c0c878fcc0f0d1c97943af64d55f64e989e0e16a5527d63e80afd80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libpng13.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\libpng13.dll
        • Size 158KB
        • SHA256 6a4c59183c8ee23a51fc75a80caa28147899e5b17cd7c64aedf5f93db8958528
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        minizip.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\minizip.dll
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 e2dddf81b567bf7ea8ef6babda5863edc83d1b65d02b28539a389a584f511d11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        zlib1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-20_93477b86daf794e31e30c86224f700af_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stealc_stop_tofsee\4.4.1.304\zlib1.dll
        • Size 61KB
        • SHA256 bdc77936f1a041dad74cee89f243840d7aae78fcbf2dbfb59ab0e12edc96775b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        57095E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57095E00
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 d8f874463b46f0978f312d8dab7525c00a581b88e56dee2c04a446804db499d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ytOr7PfC.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ytOr7PfC.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1980-277-0x0000000004430000-0x000000000451F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-161-0x0000000004430000-0x000000000451F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-156-0x0000000004430000-0x000000000451F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-182-0x0000000003620000-0x00000000036DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-231-0x0000000004830000-0x0000000004860000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-218-0x00000000046E0000-0x0000000004719000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-193-0x0000000004630000-0x0000000004665000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-210-0x0000000004920000-0x0000000004B73000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-165-0x0000000003560000-0x000000000358B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-202-0x0000000004690000-0x00000000046CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3256-177-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-187-0x00007FFF4A400000-0x00007FFF4A410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-189-0x00007FFF4A400000-0x00007FFF4A410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-186-0x00007FFF4A400000-0x00007FFF4A410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-188-0x00007FFF4A400000-0x00007FFF4A410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-185-0x00007FFF4A400000-0x00007FFF4A410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-237-0x00007FFF47E60000-0x00007FFF47E70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-236-0x00007FFF47E60000-0x00007FFF47E70000-memory.dmp

        memory/5860-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001812000-memory.dmp

        memory/5860-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5860-0-0x00000000036F0000-0x00000000036F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/6136-276-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6136-284-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6136-290-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6136-303-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp